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{{Short description|Period of geologic time (0.8–0.011 Ma or 800–11 tya) within the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs}}
The '''Lujanian''' age is a [[South American land mammal age]] within the [[Pleistocene]] and [[Holocene]] epochs of the [[Neogene]], from 0.8–0.011 [[Mya (unit)|Ma]] or 800–11 [[tya (unit)|tya]]. It follows the [[Ensenadan]].<ref>[https://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayInterval&interval_no=718 Paleo Database: Lujanian]</ref>
The age is usually divided into the middle Pleistocene [[Bonaerian]] stage, which ends at about 130,000 years, and the Lujanian, which lasts from about 130,000 years into the early [[Holocene]].<ref name="Cione">{{Cite journal
|last=Cione
|first=A. L.
|author2=Tonni, E. P.
|author3=Soibelzon, L.
|title=The Broken Zig-Zag: Late Cenozoic large mammal and tortoise extinction in South America
|journal=Rev. Mus. Argentino Cienc. Nat. |series=New Series
|volume=5
|issue=1
|pages=1–19
|year=2003
|doi=10.22179/REVMACN.5.26
|url=http://www.ege.fcen.uba.ar/materias/general/Broken_ZigZagMACN_5_1_19_.pdf
|issn=1514-5158
|access-date=2011-02-06
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706084815/http://www.ege.fcen.uba.ar/materias/general/Broken_ZigZagMACN_5_1_19_.pdf
|archive-date=2011-07-06
|doi-access=free
}}</ref> The latter Lujanian stage overlaps chronologically with the North American [[Irvingtonian]] and [[Rancholabrean]].
Fauna include [[Ground sloth|ground sloths]], [[Litopterna|litopterns]], [[Arctotherium|short-faced bears]], South American horse ''[[Amerhippus]]'' and [[Cingulata|cingulates]] such as [[Glyptodont|glyptodonts]] and the armadillo-like ''[[Pachyarmatherium]]''.
== References ==
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[[Category:Quaternary animals of South America]]
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